Airport City Brochure

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1. INTRODUCTION

2. PROJECT TEAM

3. AIRPORT CITY – AEROTROPOLIS

3.1 SCHIPHOL AIRPORT CITY

3.2 HONG KONG SKY CITY

3.3 DUBAI WORLD CENTRAL

3.4 INCHEON CITY, KOREA

3.5 SUVARNABHUMI, THAILAND

3.6 BEIJING AIRPORT CITY

3.7 KUALA LUMPUR INTERNATIONAL

3.8 SINGAPORE CHANGI

3.9 DALLAS / FORTWORTH

3.10 DETROIT / WILLOW RUN

3.11 DENVER AEROPOLITAN

3.12 MUNICH AIRPORT CITY

3.13 FRANKFURT AIRPORT CITY

3.14 BERLIN BRANDENBURG INTERNATIONAL

4. SCHIPHOL AIRPORT CITY

5. CHIPSHOL AIRPORT CITY

C O N T E N T S

Image courtesy of Chipshol BV



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1.0 I N T R O D U C T I O N

This brief report has been prepared on behalf of

Chipshol Holding BV and At Osborne BV. The

review illustrates the concept of the ‘Airport City’

and ‘Aerotropolis’ through selected worldwide

examples and is an initial step in preparing a

strategic vision for future development in the area

of Schiphol Airport.

The report illustrates a number of worldwide

examples of the concept of the “Airport City”, of

which the majority are currently only planned or

at the very early stages. A number of other

possible examples, including Atlanta, Brisbane,

Sidney and Auckland airports, may also merit

further research but there appears to be little

relevant information available in the public realm

at the moment.

It is clear, however, that there is worldwide interest

in the exciting opportunities with the concept of

the “Airport City” – a concept that has been

established and led by development at Schiphol

Airport which should continue to lead the world

with the initiative of Chipshol Holding BV.




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2.0 P R O J E C T T E A M

Client: Chipshol Holding BV

Boeingavenue 250

1119 P2 Schiphol-Rijk

Nederland

Client Advisor:AT Osborne BV

Postbus 8017

3503 RA Utrecht

Nederland

Architect: Michael Aukett Architects

Atlantic Court

77 Kings Road

London

SW3 4NX




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3.0 A I R P O R T C I T Y / T H E A E R O T R O P O L I S

The Airport City

Airside

-Shopping mall concepts merged into passenger terminals

• Retail (including upscale boutiques)

• Restaurants (high-end as well as fast food)

• Leisure (fitness, recreation, cinemas, even churches)

-Logistics and Air Cargo

Landside

-Hotels and entertainment

- Office & Retail complexes

- Convention & exhibition centers

- Foreign trade zones

- Time-sensitive goods processing

The Aerotropolis

Spines and clusters of airport-linked businesses form along major airport arteries up to 20 miles from the airport

Business parks

Logistics parks

Industrial parks

Wholesale merchandise marts

Information and communications technology complexes

Hotel, tourism and entertainment centres

Retail centres and wholesale merchandise marts

Large mixed-use residential developmentsImage / text courtesy of Dr. J. Kasarda, Director, The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise



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3.1 S C H I P H O L A I R P O R T

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Airport City Forms at Schiphol (Airport as Destination)

From City Airport to Airport City

-Shopping Arcades

- Internet Cafes

- Theme Restaurants

- Office Buildings (Inside Fence)

• Ernst & Young

• RR Donnelly

• Solomon Brothers International

• Unilever

• Heineken Export Group

-2 First Class Hotels

- Cargo City

58,000 workers inside the Airport Fence Daily

Images / text courtesy of Dr. J. Kasarda, Director, The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Amsterdam Airport Area



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Hong Kong International Airport

Hong Kong International Airport (HKIA) is one of the world's exemplary airport cities and is an aerotropolis in evolution. Its 1,258-hectare (2,700-acre) site was created in the mid-1990s by leveling two small islands and reclaiming land from the sea. The airport opened in July 1998 with a total project cost of US$20 billion, including a 34-kilometer (21-mile) multilane expressway and modern express train to both Kowloon and Hong Kong Island.Its Lord Norman Foster-designed 550,000-square-meter (5.9 million-square-foot) terminal is a shopper's mecca, containing 150 stores, including 26 European and American high-end brand boutiques. Airport core property also houses the largest hotel in Hong Kong (the 1,100-room Regal Chek Lap Kok Hotel), a New Town housing 45,000 airport workers and their families, office buildings, a shopping mall, and major logistics facilities.Three commercial districts adjacent to HKIA's terminal and runways are well along in development. The 30-hectare (74-acre) South Commercial District is composed of logistics facilities, including the world's largest stand-alone air-cargo and air-express facility and a 139,000-square-meter (1.49 million-square-foot) mixed-use freight-forwarding warehousing and office complex. DHL will soon open its Asia air express hub in this zone as well.The ten-hectare (24.7-acre) East Commercial District is being developed as an office park targeted to regional corporate offices and air travel-intensive professionals. The 57-hectare (141-acre) North Commercial District is the Airport City's signature development zone, known as SkyCity. The 100,000-square-meter (1.07 million-square-foot) site is adjacent to the passenger terminal and served by the airport express train. SkyCity's master planner, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, headquartered in the United States, designed it as a commercial destination for working, shopping, meeting, and trading.SkyCity's first phase will open in 2006 and contain SkyPlaza, a multipurpose commercial complex connected to the passenger terminal and the airport express train station that will include a 30,000-square-meter (322,500-square-foot) retail center and Class A office space with a total gross floor area of another 30,000 square meters (322,500 square feet). SkyCity's first phase development also includes a 100,000-square-meter (1.07 million-square-foot) international exhibition center with full-time trade rep offices, a China cross-boundary ferry terminal, and a nine-hole golf course that will go commercial in future phases. These future phases will consist of a business park, hotels, and leisure and entertainment facilities.SkyCity will also be connected to southern coastal China through high-speed turbo jet ferries to the economically booming Pearl River Delta. HKIA is quickly becoming a quadramodal (air, highway, rail, sea) transportation and commercial nexus of a broader aerotropolis encompassing 26 million people from Hong Kong to southern coastal China.

-Three Commercial Districts Adjacent to Airport Operating Area ( Logistics, Office/Retail, Entertainment & Exhibition-New Town Housing 45,000 Airport Workers and Families, Plus Office Buildings and Shopping-Hong Kong Disneyland Connected by Airport Express Train-HKIA and SkyCity’s Quadramodality Enhanced by New Bridge and Tunnel System to Hong Kong and Chinese Mainland.

3.2 H O N G K O N G S K Y C I T Y

Images / text courtesy of Dr. J. Kasarda, Director, The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Airport Authority Hong Kong



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3.3 D U B A I W O R L D C E N T R A L

Dubai World Central

Twice the size of Hong Kong Island, Dubai World Central is a multi-phased development of six clustered zones. It will span 140km2 and is positioned next to the Jebel Ali Port anf Free Zone,

A self-contained city within a city, its residents and workforce will exceed 750,000.

International Airport

The region’s biggest airport, Dubai World Central will include:

• 6 parallel runways, 4.5 km in length, each separated by a minimum of 800 m

•Three passenger terminals – including two luxury facilities – one dedicated to airlines of the Emirates Group, the second to other carriers and the third dedicated to low cost carriers

• Multiple concourses

• 16 cargo terminals with a 12 million ton capacity

• Executive and Royal jet centres

• Hotels and shopping malls

• Support and maintenance facilities ; the regions only hub for A, B and C Checks on all aircraft up to A380 specifications

• Over 100,000 parking spaces for airport staff and passengers

• Dubai World Central International Airport and the existing Dubai International Airport will be linked by a high speed express rail system.

• Dubai World Central International Airport will also be served by the Dubai Metro and a dedicated Dubai World Central railway.

Residential City

Up to 250,000 people are expected to live in Residential City and a further 20,000 will work there. The City will provide a complete range of civic amenities and will be served by the Dubai Metro and an integrated road network.

The City will include three hotels-five-star, four-star, and three-star properties -and a shopping mall.

Commercial City

Commercial City will be Dubai World Central’s business and financial hub. More than 850 towers, ranging from six to 75 storeys in height will house a variety of businesses expected to employ around 130,000 people.

Golf Resort

The resort will feature two 18-hole golf courses . In addition, there will be extensive practice facilities, driving ranges and putting greens as well as a luxury clubhouse with restaurants and a Pro shop. Up to 2,5000 freehold homes ranging from two-storey villas to 24-storey apartment blocks will border the resort, almost six kilometres away from the airport. The resort will also feature a high-end boutique hotel complete with a spa resort and around 150 rooms.

Enterprise Park

The Enterprise park will target manufacturing sectors that incorporate advanced materials technology. The Enterprise Park will be home to research institutes, alternative technologies, office complexes, conference venues and pavilions: as well as a medium sized Science Park with its own specialised university. The private university will focus on science and technology and its projected three to four thousand student population will be drawn from within the various cities of Dubai World Central.

Dubai Logistics City

The world’s first fully integrated logistics platform with a capacity to turn over 12 million tons of air cargo annually, DLC is located alongside the apron of the new Dubai World Central International Airport and adjacent to one of the world’s largest container handlers, Jebel Ali Port and Free Zone

Images / text courtesy of Dubai World Central



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3.4 I N C H E O N, K O R E A

Incheon: Korea's Winged City

Perhaps the most ambitious effort to develop an airport-centric urban form is taking place around South Korea's new Incheon International Airport. At its core is Winged City, a quadramodal complex being developed with all the features of a modern metropolitan center: retail areas, office blocks, logistics and manufacturing facilities, multimedia and information and communications technology (ICT) functions, tourism and leisure activities, a conference and exhibition center, as well as a mixed-use new town. An elaborate expressway, a bridge, and under-construction rail infrastructure connect the airport to Seoul (54 kilometers [33 miles] to the north) and to nearby islands, the latter forming an integrated commercial and residential complex.The airport property (40 square kilometers/15.4 square miles) is considerably larger than most in Asia. Opened in March 2001, Incheon was immediately among Asia's major airports in terms of the number of passengers and the amount of cargo that passed through it. Its current master plan (with a 15-year horizon) has commercial and residential development evolving through three phases, creating an ever-broadening and deepening urban expanse. The first phase (already complete) is an Airport Support Community consisting of airport-related industries (primarily logistics), commercial services, and housing for airport-area employees and their families, which total 100,000. The second phase (in process) involves expanding both spatially and functionally the Airport Support Community while transforming it into an international business city. A 16.5-hectare (40.75-acre) international business center composed of four office complexes, a shopping mall, a convention and exhibition facility, and two five-star hotels is scheduled to open in early 2005.An additional 99.2-hectare (245-acre) commercial project under development is the Airport Free Zone. This international logistics and manufacturing zone is proposed to be fully operational in 2006. Both the international business center and Airport Free Zone are planned to double in space in the ensuing five years with the population of Winged City doubling, as well, to 200,000.The third and most ambitious phase-the International Free Trade City-is a full-blown aerotropolis tied together by an extended international free enterprise zone (IFEZ). A pivotal component in the Republic of Korea's plan to transform the country into the commercial and trading center of northeast Asia, IFEZ is being promoted as "pentaport"-a combined airport, business port, seaport, teleport, and leisure port.The greater Incheon aerotropolis has dual urban growth poles. The first, Yeongjong Island, is its Winged City, with development around the airport focusing on aviation-oriented office functions, logistics, and tourism and leisure activities. Songdo Island will host the aerotropolis'ssecond urban growth pole, New Songdo City, to be created from scratch entirely on reclaimed land. (See feature box above.

New Songdo City

Winged City




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3.5 S U V A R N A B H U M I

New Bangkok International Airport

Bangkok's new gateway airport has been in the planning and development stage for 45 years. Located approximately 30 kilometers (20 miles) east of Bangkok's downtown, this US$4 billion project has been slowed over the years by a multitude of political, design, and environmental obstacles. Construction is now well underway, with its opening likely in 2006. Formerly known as Nong Ngu Hao ("Cobra Swamp"), the airport was renamed Suvarnabhumi ("Golden Land") in 2002 by Thailand's revered king.Suvarnabhumi is well situated for commercial development, flanked on either side by Bangkok's two major expressways that connect the sprawling metropolis to Thailand's rapidly developing Eastern Seaboard Industrial Zone, 30 kilometers (18.6 miles) further east. Dual long-range runways and a futuristic Helmut Jahn-designed passenger terminal will cornerstone substantial "inside the fence" property development. Along with cargo and logistics facilities, numerous airport property commercial projects are planned, the latter to be let by the Airports Authority of Thailand between 2005 and 2007. These include an international business center, an international conference and exhibition center, office buildings, hotels, a hospital, restaurants, shopping facilities, and car parks.Development planning has not stopped at the airport's boundaries. In 2003, a Suvarnabhumi aerotropolis master plan was completed under the direction of Thailand's National Economic and Social Development Board. The plan is meant to guide commercial, industrial, infrastructure, and residential development over a 60,000-rai (10,121-hectare/25,000-acre) zone surrounding the airport. It calls for greenways, canals, financial and commercial centers, logistics and time-sensitive industry complexes, hotel and entertainment districts, shopping malls, as well as large, mixed-use residential development and airport-centric new towns to house the more than 1 million additional residents expected to be attracted to the aerotropolis over the next 15 to 20 years.Given Suvarnabhumi's location in the path of Bangkok's eastern edge expansion and its proximity to Thailand's dynamic Eastern Seaboard Development Zone, the airport will no doubt catalyze numerous additional commercial developments in these areas, further fueling their growth. As with urban growth in greater Bangkok to date, however, such development is unlikely to occur in a regulated, systematic fashion. This is simply not the Thai way.




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3.6 B E I J I N G A I R P O R T

Beijing Capital Airport City

Nothing development-wise in China is done in a small manner these days. In early 2004, China Capital Airports Holdings announced it was proceeding with a US$12 billion Airport City at Beijing Capital International Airport. The objective is to create the world's largest multifunctional development, leveraging the rapidly growing airport (expected to reach 80 million passengers in 2015, compared with 30 million in 2004) and serving as a logistical and commercial gateway for the 2008 Olympics.Capital Airport City has a total planning area of 1 million square meters (10.75 million square feet) composed of a 600,000-square-meter (6.45 million-square-foot) airport operating zone, a 250,000-square-meter (2.7 million-square-foot) commercial and residential zone, and a 150,000-square-meter (1.6 million-square-foot) airport free-trade zone. These zones are encircled by a large ring road tying them together and connecting to expressways to Beijing city center and to other north China cities. A passenger rail line to the downtown is under construction as well.The huge development is being promoted as one city with three areas, encompassing eight functions. The airport operating area will house aeronautical operations, international air logistics activities, and aviation business activities. The Capital Airport Free Trade Zone will contain high-tech and other time-sensitive manufacturing and distribution facilities. The commercial and residential zone will be made up of international business and finance education and research, housing, and recreation, tourism, and leisure activities.Capital Airport City is forecasted to house 300,000 to 400,000 residents. On-site employment is anticipated to range from 200,000 to 400,000, predicated on the commercial mix of facilities at buildout. Development will be led by the Beijing government and China Capital Airport Holdings in partnership with private sector participants and foreign investors. With the most extensive flight network throughout China and quickly expanding international connections, plus the "can-deliver" orientation and success of previous Chinese government megaprojects, there is good reason to believe that Beijing Capital Airport City will evolve in time for the 2008 Olympics, even if it is not precisely to the extent or in the form initially envisioned.




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3.7 K U A L A L U M P U R

Kuala Lumpur International Airport

Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLIA) is a massive airport (10,000 hectares/24,700 acres) located in Sepang, about 50 kilometers(31 miles) south of Kuala Lumpur. It opened in June 1998 at a cost of US$4 billion.KLIA was designed to provide the aviation foun-dation for Malaysia's Multimedia Super Corridor (MSC), a high-tech government, commercial, education, and residential zone about the size of the city of Chicago. Promoted internationally as the information and communications technology center of Asia, MSC contains two new cities, Putrajaya(the relocated government capital) and Cyberjaya (Cyber City), each of which is to house about 250,000 residents.With competing Singapore ChangiInternational Airport to the south and Bangkok International Airport to the north, KLIA has not grown as rapidly as initially envisioned, despite incentives to airlines to locate or expand there. Nevertheless, airport operator Malaysia Airports Holding BhD (MAHB) has proceeded with plans to develop an airport city on its expansive site.KLIA has the land and long-term strategic location to evolve into a successful airport city. Its challenge is to put in place a revised commercial land use plan with functions that better leverage KLIA's aeronautical infrastructure and bring in private sector developers who understand how to do this, especially on the expansive airport property.

Images / text courtesy of Dr. J. Kasarda, Director, The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise



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3.8 S I N G A P O R E C H A N G I

Singapore Changi International Airport

Since commencing operation in 1981, Singapore Changi, 20 kilometers (12.4 miles) from downtown Singapore, has been considered among the most efficient and aesthetically pleasing airports in the world. The opening of its swank Terminal 2 in 1991 positioned Changi as an Asian leader in infusing passenger facilities with modern commercial, business, and leisure functions. The Civil Aviation Authority of Singapore (CAAS) has invested continuously to upgrade its two terminals and establish them as commercial and leisure nodes of a relatively compact Changi Airport City. A third terminal, costing US$1.8 billion, is scheduled to open in 2008, promising to have an even more extensive array of commercial and leisure services.Branding Singapore and providing a memorable experience to airport users are key objectives to the ongoing modernization of the passenger terminals. More than 100 retail outlets, many with Singaporean or southeast Asian themes, line Changi's concourses. At the same time, Changi's passenger terminals are technologically state-of-the-art facilities and offer service amenities.The limited amount of land surrounding Changi's 1,200-hectare (2,964-acre) airport property has constrained landside commercial development. Connectivity to downtown Singapore has therefore been enhanced by a newly opened subway line that transfers travelers to the airport in about 20 minutes and a beautified tropical expressway with taxi service between the airport and the downtown.Because Singapore is one of Asia's leading tradeports, logistics is big business there, accounting for 7 percent of the nation's GDP. In 2001, CAAS along with Singapore's economic development board and the local government authority created a 26-hectare (64-acre) Free Trade Zone with direct airfield access. Known as Airport Logistics Park ofSingapore (ALPS), the zone is being developed to house value-adding third-party logistics providers, firms involved in assembling high-tech products, and e-commerce fulfillment.Aggressive highway development ensures that all of Singapore's industrial, office, hotel, and exhibition space lies within quick and easy access to the airport. Because of the great importance of international air passengers and cargo for Singapore's economy, Changi has become the pivotal transportation node in what is essentially an islandwide aerotropolis.

Images / text courtesy of Dr. J. Kasarda, Director, The Kenan Institute of Private Enterprise and Singapore Changi Airport



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3.9 D A L L A S / F O R T W O R T H

Dallas-Ft. Worth Airport

Driver of the Fast-Growing Metroplex

Las Colinas (just east of DFW) has 2,000 companies (Abbott Labs, AT7T, Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, etc.)

Informat (ICT Merchandise Mart)

Market Center

-World’s largest wholesale merchandise mart

- 7 million sq ft of display space for fashion clothing and home furnishing

- In 2004, attracted buyers and vendors from all 50 states and 84 countries

- Purchased 300,000 airline seats

- Filled 720,000 hotel rooms

-$7.5 billion in wholesale transactions

Las Colinas

12,000-acre airport-linked community

21.2 million square feet of office space

8.5 million square feet of light industrial space

1.3 million square feet of retail space

13,300 single and multi-family homes

3,700 luxury and business-class hotel rooms

75-plus restaurants

New Las Colinas Urban Center Being Developed

Designed as Airport-linked business cluster

Mixed-use entertainment district

Mixed-use transit mall

Dedicated light rail to DFW airport and downtown

1.5 miles of international dual lane track connecting Las Colinas Commercial Nodes


Las Colinas

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3.10 D E T R O I T / W I L L O W R U N

The Pinnacle

19 million sq ft of high-quality office,

technology, light industrial and retail

development

Visually appealing architecture

European-style traffic circles

Integrates open space and active recreation

First impression image-builder for greater

Detroit area


Proposed Wayne Country Aerotropolis, 25,000 Acres of Development Potential

The Pinnacle Proposed Pinnacle Aeropark



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3.11 D E N V E R A E R O P O L I T A N

Denver’s Aeropolitan

300 square mile airport-integrated region

Driver is DIA, which is 5th busiest in US and 10th

in the world

30 Commercial Airlines provide daily non-stop service to more than 125 national and international markets

Superb multimodal capability

-Five major highways: I-70, I-76, I-270, Hwy.85 and E-470

- FasTracks:119 miles of New light rail, including Express train to airport

Fastest growing sub-region in metro area

Only 50 of 300 square miles currently developed

Already contributes $15 billion to metro economy; expected to rise to over $80 billion by2025

30% of metro job growth forecasted to occur in Aeropolitan

#1 Infrastructure asset for Colorado’s national and international competitiveness




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3.12 M U N I C H A I R P O R T

Münich Airport Center

The München Airport Center (MAC) is the center

for shopping, services and communications at the

expanding Munich Airport. It represents a vital

link between Terminal 1 and Terminal 2.

This 10,000 square meter 'mega area' is Europe's

largest roofed outdoor venue. Framed by the two

L-shaped wings of the Munich Airport Center

(MAC) and a 40-meter-high glass membrane

roof, the MAC Forum is situated at the center of

the airport's public area. It is fully equipped with

media and communication technology and has

all necessary utility links.

Images / text courtesy of Münich Airport



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3.13 F R A N K F U R T A I R P O R T

Frankfurt Airport City.

Tradelogistics Center "Mönchhof"

The area that will become the Tradelogistics Center "Mönchhof" is situated in the immediate vicinity of the airport at an attractive location right on the Main River. It is the largest commercial area under development in the Rhine-Main region, boasting competitive prices.Location: Between the airport and the Mönchhof motorway interchangeSize: 1,100,000 square meters of gross building landRentable area: Approx. 725,000 sq.m of net building land for logistics, production operations that do not cause major disturbances, retail outlets, offices and local servicesCompletion: The first section will tentatively be developed in 2006

Airrail Center Frankfurt

Europe's most mobile place of work:

Measuring 660 by 65 meters, a unique high-speed interface is being created: the continent's most mobile place of work will emerge at Europe's second-largest airport, right above the long-distance ICE train station, featuring direct access to Terminal 1 and the nearby Frankfurt motorway exchange.The Frankfurt Airrail Center, a multifunctional, high-quality "outstanding property" whose unmistakable, futuristic architecture embodies a new brand of flexibility, dynamics and speed: "leadership in mobility".

Location:

The Frankfurt Airrail Center, part of the Airport City, is directly accessible by car via the A 3 and B 43 motorways and offers excellent parking. Check-in is possible right at the Frankfurt Airrail Center, which is also directly connected with Terminal 1 by a pedestrian bridge. Escalators conveniently link it to the long-distance ICE train station.

Description:

Very modern, climatized offices with variable layouts, plus seminar and conference rooms offer comfort, flexibility and efficiency.A colorful mix of retail, food and beverage outlets (fashion, accessories, specialty foods, a food court, catering, etc.) round out the Airport City's other offerings while adding comfort, convenience and atmosphere for the benefit of airport employees, visitors, hotel guests and travelers.There is also light-flooded 12,000 sq.m lobby with classy, theme-oriented landscaping to make spending time there a quality experience.

Completion: 2008/2009

Images / text courtesy of Frankfurt Airport

Gateway Gardens

Location : The area Gateway Gardens covers around 350.000 m² of gross developable land to the north-east of Frankfurt Airport and is situated directly at Frankfurter Kreuz. Its unique location from the traffic prospective provides the area with important regional and international location advantages: situated in the direct proximity of the Airport, Gateway Gardens provides direct access to the international traffic hub. Within the German traffic network the area benefits from the central connection with the Airport and the ICE railroad station as well as from the proximity to the Frankfurter Kreuz. Moreover, own public transport connection by bus lines and an independent urban railway are being tested at the moment. This infrastructure provides access to a total interregional area of 35 million inhabitants within the radius of 200 kilometres.

Time planning : Departure of the US armed forces in the end of 2005 and subsequent return of the area to the City of Frankfurt on the Main create an opportunity to develop the area in a new way appropriate in view of its location and quality. It should be on hand as a basis for the start of the construction work as early as in the first half of 2006.

Development concept : High-quality office and services buildings, an international Trade Centre, meeting and conference facilities as well as hotel premises, which should extend the spectrum of services offered by the airport, are planned for future use. Additionally, the concept is designed to include the types of utilisation related to the airport. For the purpose of ensuring the quality of habitation and urbanity the multifaceted use should be complemented by retail and café and restaurant facilities as well as a leisure project enhancing the attraction "Frankfurt Airport".

Frankfurt Airrail Center



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3.14 B E R L I N B R A N D E N B U R G

The Berlin Brandenburg International (BBI) Airport is being built on the property of Schonefeld Airport.

Rail, road, air - BBI is more than just a pure airport. Just as important are the optimal connections of the airport to Berlin and the surrounding vicinity with its own freeway connection and railroad station directly below the terminal.

Business Parks Hotels, conference and shopping center, parking lots, airport businesses and business parks: BBI, the new airport for the German capital region, is one of the most attractive sites for investment in Berlin and Brandenburg. The Location Advantages: Great strategic location in the heart of Europe Attractive connections Only 20 minutes to downtown Berlin Excellent road and rail connections to Berlin and surrounding area, to Poland and the Czech Republic

Business Park Midfield with Airport-Centerapprox. 163 acres Planning rights granted with Planning Stipulation Decision Primary usage: Airport-Center, parking, supply, airport businesses

Business Park East approx. 193 acres Construction plan being formulated Construction plan forsees 128 acres office and business, 64 acres industrial

Business Park North approx. 148 acres Petential developement space on the property of the current terminal and apron Advantage: Development space within the airport fence possible

Images courtesy of Berlin Brandenburg International Airport



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4.0 S C H I P H O L

A I R P O R T C I T Y

Images courtesy of Amsterdam Airport Area & Schiphol Area Development Company



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5.0 C H I P S H O L A I R P O R T C I T Y

Images / text courtesy of Chipshol BV

1. Schiphol City

Business city between airport and city of Amsterdam

The most important and ambitious plan Chipshol is preparing is a center of international status with a gross floor area of approximately 2 million m2, located between the airport and the city of Amsterdam. This development known as Schiphol City, is expected to be realized in fases after 2010.

Schiphol City will be a high quality, integrated urban development with hotels, convention centers, offices for multinational companies, shopping centers and recreational and cultural amenities. Experience in other countries has demonstrated the need for centers with international status, close to large, rapidly growing, international airports.

A center of this kind between Schiphol and Amsterdam must offer major opportunity to improve Amsterdam’s position as a center for congresses. More important Schiphol’s position as a major European mainport will be strongly improved. The area between the A4, A5 and A9 motorways is an ideal location for the center. Enough land is available to realize the development with a gross floor area of some 2 million m2. Initial studies suggest that a people mover system (possibly the PRT 2000 system) is required for internal traffic in the city and as a connection with the airport, railway networks and the high-speed rail links.

Chipshol regards close public-private partnership as essential for the realization of this large-scale development. A strong foreign partner with specific experience in large-scale property development should also be involved.

2. Airport City

Experience in other contries has demonstrated the need for centres with international status close to large, rapidly-growing international airports. Various US cities already have centres of this kond, often nog only near the airport but also in the city itself. A centre of this kind between Schiphol and Amsterdam will offer a major opporunity to improve Amsterdam's position as a centre for congresses. This "Airport City" will be a high quality integrated urban development with hotels, convention centres, offices for multinational companies, shopping centres and recreational and cultural amentities.

The area between the A4, A5 and A9 motorways and the Zwanenburgbaan is an ideal location for the centre. Enough land is available to realise a development with a gross floor area of some 2 million m2.

3. The Next Step………

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